To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: opendos and task manager Message-ID: <19981030.172348.7839.2.DOMANSPC@juno.com> References: X-Mailer: Juno 1.49 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0,2-12,14-15,28-29,36-38 From: domanspc AT juno DOT com (ROBERT W MOSS) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:23:43 EST Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:36:05 -0500 (EST) Travis Siegel writes: >Is there a way to start task manager with multiple sessions, and have >programs start up in each task? I've not been able to find anything on >this in the documentation about taskmgr that is with the opendos >manual. >This would need to be more or less automatic, as I plan to use it for >a >multi-line bbs (yes, under dos) >Any suggestions would be much appriciated. > > I have a copy of novell dos 7 unleashed, author jonathan kamin, published by sams publishing in 1994. a lot of good stuff about ndos7 in depth. apparently, in multi-tasking mode, task manager is limited to 20 tasks open and any comunications programs must be run up front. running them in the background causing big time timing errors. there is nothing there about booting up and automatically running task manager with multiple programs, but there is task managers menu, which you use after bootup to program the hot keys and set up all the programs you want in order of use? each task is actually running in virtual 8086 mode and you have to specify how much memory each task (program) is allowed to use. sounds like a 266mhz pentium/300mhz alpha with maybe 256 meg of ram would come in handy for a bbs. each task has to share a slice of time off the processor so it is definitely a bandwidth hog, and not to good on a 286/386. with a 486 100mhz machine, even with 128 meg of ram it would problably bog down if you had more than ten users on-line. what about some of the old bbs programs for dos like wildcat. i have a copy on a disk from a 1993 que book by allen l. wyatt, sr. 'killer dos utilities'. it only requires 2meg to load the program and supplemental files and 20 meg to run the bbs, on a pc compatible with 512k ram and 350k free for wildcat. i seem to recall there were also several other small bbs shareware programs, such as rbbs (no fee), for dos about 5-6 years ago, just before the herd got on the mswin bandwagon. anyway, good luck, bob moss /domanspc ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]